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[Hunter]

A recent study has found that Americans are not very good with technical jargon:

 

 

2,392 men and women aged 18 or older were presented with both tech and non-tech terms and asked to choose from three possible definitions, with respondents not being informed that it was their tech knowledge that was specifically being tested.

 

15% thought 'software' is comfortable clothing

18% identified 'Blu-ray' as a marine animal

23% believe an 'MP3' to be a Star Wars robot

12% thought USB is an acronym for a European country

27% imagine a 'gigabyte' to be an insect found in South America

42% identified a 'motherboard' as the 'deck of a cruise ship'

 

And 61% of the respondents thought that it is important to have a good understanding of technology in this day and age.

 

The news comes after a National Science Foundation survey found that one in four Americans don't know the Earth orbits the Sun and only half believe in evolution.

 

 

 

 

lol this doesn't do any good for the "Americans are stupid" stereotype.

 

http://www.independe...ds-9170597.html

Edited by Hunter, 09 March 2014 - 01:47 AM.

[Nollog]

I'm gonna put on my best software and go to the zoo in United States of Berlin.
They have Blu-ray, and a display on Star Wars featuring "MP3" from the ninth movie.
They also have the rare and illusive gigabyte in the insect hut.
I can't wait to set sail, I'm going to lounge around on the motherboard for most of the trip.

In a way, HTML is a disease. Because people use too much javascipt with it.
Surprising 18% of people don't know what blu-rei is, and mp3. Most mostedly.

[Mewbot]

lol americans

[Waller]

I was planning on posting "lol americans" and call it a day, but...

 

Honestly, the result would probably be similar if they made the survey in my country. Not because of ignorance, but because this survey was specifically made to get sensationalist results like this. Gotta bring in the cash.

Edited by Miss Understanding, 09 March 2014 - 05:15 AM.

[Kokirii]

Numbers like 12%, 15%, and 18% aren't very high.  And the study sampled people over 18, which could mean virtually any age and life experience.  I wouldn't expect many elderly people to know much about modern tech terms.  In fact, with percentages that low, I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of the "funny" answers came from people who are 65+.  

 

But hey, it gets clicks!!

[xile6]

Just wow.
But I guess. I have talk to some really slow people. Or maybe I'm just smart idk.

[3Dude]

This is amusing, but not something to take seriously.

The percentages are actually mostly pretty small, the sample size of <3000 is laughable, especially when its being used to generalize the 313 MILLION people in the us, and not only is there no age data transparancy (beyond over 18), regional data was also conveniently left out.

[Gimbal]

I can't believe there are foreigners actually think this survey means something.

Edited by Symphony, 09 March 2014 - 09:45 AM.

[Hunter]

I can't believe there are foreigners actually think this survey means something.

 

Nobody said it meant something, it's just funny that's all.

 

Anyone who takes this seriously is just as stupid as the people who thought a gigabyte is an insect.

 

 

 

 

 

And yes the percentages are low, but don't you think it's funny that any adult in todays world doesnt know what an MP3 is?

Edited by Hunter, 09 March 2014 - 10:03 AM.

[xile6]

Nobody said it meant something, it's just funny that's all.

 

Anyone who takes this seriously is just as stupid as the people who thought a gigabyte is an insect.

 

 

 

 

 

And yes the percentages are low, but don't you think it's funny that any adult in todays world doesnt know what an MP3 is?

mp3 isnt for the old.

 

think about it like this.

Do you know what this is

 

if so you ever used one?

 

Now my grandma knows about tapes and cds, but knows nothing about mp3. My son knows about mp3 but doesnt know anything about cds

[Raiden]

I used to play 8 tracks and Vinyls and used Rotary phones....My HDTV sits on top of a 1953 GE TV Cabinet.

I'm barely in my 30's but since my parents were older than the norm (mom had me at 43) I had a lot of exposure to the older.

It's weird for me for kids to not at least know what something is within their parents lifetime.

[SteventheSlayer]

If all of the stuff already mentioned wasn't enough to make this article completely ridiculous, but my favorite part is the "and only half believe in evolution."

Not only is this rather stuck up, acting like people who don't believe in evolution are stupid, but the fact that they even act like this is surprising is insane. It seems obvious to me that there are people who don't agree with evolution for a multitude of reasons.

 

But yeah, lol 'muricans.

Edited by SteventheSlayer, 09 March 2014 - 01:34 PM.

[Auzzie Wingman]

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